Adjustable hat lining



June 10 "1924. Y 1,497,625

A. WENGER ADJUSTABLE HAT LINING Filed .Dec. 26. 1923 A TTORNEYS PatentedJune 10, 1924.

UNITED STATES AARON WENGER. OF BROOKLYN, YO'RK.

ADJUSTABLE HAT LINING.

Application filed. December 26, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON WENGER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved AdjustableHat Lining, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to wearing apparel and has particular referenceto a hat lining which is especially designed for ladies hats.

The invention. contemplates a hat lining equipped with means foradjusting or regulating the head size of the same, whereby through themedium of said means the head receiving opening defined by the liningwhen associated with a hat renders the hat capable of fitting heads ofvarious sizes.

The invention further comprehends an adjustable hat lining in which theadjusting means is more or less concealed from view, and which means iscapable of ready manipulation for changing the head size.

As a still further object the invention resides in the provision of anadjustable hat lining which is comparatively simple in its construction,inexpensive to manufacture and produce, and which is thoroughly reliable and highly efiicient in its purpose.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention residesin the novel construction set forth in the following specification,particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanyin drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved toembodiments other than those actually illustrated herein. to the fullextent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claimsare expressed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View of a hat equipped with anadjustable lining constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof with a part of the lining insection as indicated on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an exterior view of the lining removed from the hat.

Fig. 1 is a sectional plan view illustrating the regulating means inadjusted position.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary exterior view of the lining illustrating amodified form of adjusting means.

Referring to the drawings by characters Serial No. 682,727.

of reference, 10 designates a hat and 11 a lining which is securedtherein in the usual manner. The means for rendering the liningcircumferentially adjustable to vary the head size of the hat and whichmeans coupled with the lining constitutes the invention, consists of astrip of material 12 which is secured as at 13 at one of its ends to thelining at the outer side thereof whereby when the lining is applied, thesaid strip will be interposed between the lining and the crown of thehat. The strip 12 may either be of elastic or inelastic material and hasattached to its free end a flexible element 14 such as a string or cordwhich is trained through an opening 15 circumferentially spaced beyondthe free end of the strip. The free end or terminal of the flexibleelement or cord 14 is provided with a knot 16 which serves to preventaccidental withdrawal of the free end through the hat lining when thelining is in applied position. The length of the string or cord 14 issuch that when its knotted terminal 16 engages the aper tured portion 15of the lining, the head size is at its maximum adjustment. When it isdesired to obtain adjustments which will reduce the head size, theflexible elementor cord 14 is knotted as at 17 intermediate its lengthwhereby the portion of the lining be tween the point of attachment ofthe strip 12 and the apertured portion 15 will be gathered as at 18. Theminimum adjustment is gaged by the length of the strip 12 and it istherefore seen that any intermediate adjustment between the maximum andminimum may be obtained whereby the hat will fit head sizes between themaximum to effect a suliicient contraction of the lining when the hat isapplied, to retain the same upon the head against casual displacement.

I claim: 1. The combination with a hat lining, of means for regulatingthe head size, consistof a strip of material secured at one of its endsto the lining and disposed between the lining and the crown of the hat,a flexible element of reduced size secured to the free end of said stripand extending through the lining at circumferentially spaced point withrespect to the free end of the strip, the said flexible element at itsjuncture with. the strip defining a stop for limiting the minimumadjustment of the head size, and the said element adapted to be knottedexterior-1y of the lining for effecting a ciren nferential gathering ofa portion of the lining to produce the adjustments in the head "size. V

' 2. A hat lining including means forefi'ecting circumferentialcontraction whereby to regulate the head size of a hat to which thelining is applied, said means comprising a strip of material secured atone of its ends to the lining and disposed between the lining and thecrown of the hat, an apertured portion eircuin'ferentially spaced beyondthe free end of the strip, a cord attached to the free end of the strip,trained through the apertnred portion and adapted to be knotted atvarious points in its length whereby to engage with the aperturedportion of the lining for gathering the same between said point ofengagementand the point of at taclnnent oi the strip therewith to obtainadjustable circumferential contraction of the lining and an elasticlooped element connected to the connected end of said strip and throughwhich the cord. is trained at its opposite end.

AARON WENGER.

